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Privacy Policy

Curious Cuisinière found at https://www.curiouscuisiniere.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

Curious Cuisinière may change this Privacy Policy by updating this page. You should check this page to ensure that you agree with any changes. This policy is effective from May 1, 2018.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us via email to sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com.

What Information We Collect 

Information you voluntarily submit: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.

Information automatically collected: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Information collected from others: We may receive information about you from other sources.  You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile.  If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address, and profile picture associated with that account.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

What We Do With The Information We Gather

We use this information to better understand your needs and provide betters services to you, in particular for the following reasons:

  • To operate and maintain the Website
  • To improve our services and offerings
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.
  • To help customize our site according to your interests

Third-Party Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Curious Cuisiniere may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Currently, Curious Cuisinière Uses The Following Third-Parties:

  • Google Analytics: This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
  • MailChimp: This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
  • Akismet: This site uses Akismet to reduce comment spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

This list may be amended at the discretion of this Website.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

Public Information

If you leave your name or website URL in a comment, it will be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly.

Sponsored Content

Curious Cuisinière engages in sponsored campaigns with various influencer brands, networks, and agencies. This content is disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. These sponsored campaigns may utilize tracking pixels (beacons) which may contain cookies to collect data to track usage and audience. This information is collected by the companies, and no personal information is collected by this Website in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

Affiliate Participation

Curious Cuisinière may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on an embedded link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser. This allows the company to track sales for the purposes of commissions on the sales.

Curious Cuisinière is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commissions on these sales.

We provide these links primarily for their usefulness to our readers. If purchases are made after clicking these links, we receive a small commission at no added cost to the purchaser.

Links To Other Websites

Curious Cuisinière often links to other websites of interest. Once you have used these links to leave our site, we do not have control over that other website. We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting those sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.

Newsletters

Curious Cuisinière has a voluntary newsletter subscription (with opt-out instructions). Sent newsletters may contain tracking pixels. These pixels allow us to see if/when you open an email, and any links in the email you may click. This information helps us to create more engaging newsletters by looking at the behavior of our audience. This information is not passed to third parties.

Advertising

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie allows web applications to respond to your activity. Curious Cuisinière uses cookies to:

  • Record user-specific information on pages they visit/access (to ensure they are not sent the same ads)
  • Identify which pages are being accessed to help us improve our site to your needs.
  • Are used by third parties (like in Google Analytics described herein)

Users may prevent the setting of cookies by setting their internet browser and deny cookies for this Website. Any cookies that may be set can be cleared from the cache of your internet browser. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

Anonymous Data

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Regarding Your Personal Information

Opt-Out: If you choose to receive our email newsletter, you can opt-out at any time by following the “unsubscribe link” in our emails. You can also email sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com to be removed.

Access: If you need to access any personal information, please submit a request to sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com.

Amend: If you need to amend or update your personal information, please contact us via email at sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com.

Forget: If you would like us to erase your personal data, submit a request to sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com.

**Please Note** We may need to retain certain information when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Regarding Children

This site does not KNOWINGLY collect personal, identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. Please contact sarah(at)curiouscuisiniere(dot)com if you feel we need to remove any information from our records.

Curious Cuisinière is not responsible for content from this site that is republished on other blogs or websites without our permission.

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